Reginald William James
Reginald William James (born January 9, 1891 in London , † July 7, 1964 in Cape Town ) was a British-South African physicist.
James showed as a young mathematical talent and should go to the insurance industry, but then studied on a scholarship at St. John's College of Cambridge University . After his studies he participated as a physicist at the Endurance expedition of Ernest Shackleton part and wintered with this in Elephant Iceland (he left about a diary). After returning in 1916 he was drafted and served as captain of the Royal Engineers in World War I, where he was busy with sound location for the artillery. In 1919 he became a Lecturer and in 1921 Senior Lecturer at Manchester University , where he worked with Lawrence Bragg . In 1934 he became a reader .
In 1937 he went to South Africa and became a professor at the University of Cape Town . One of his M.Sc. students was Aaron Klug . James was Vice Chancellor and Acting Principal from 1953 to 1957 . He retired in 1958, but lectured until 1963.
James was a pioneer and internationally recognized expert in X-ray diffraction and X-ray crystallography, and wrote several books on them.
In 1955 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society .
He had been married since 1936 and had three children.
Fonts
- X-ray crystallography, Methuen 1961
- The optical principles of the diffraction of x-rays, Bell 1948 (Volume 2 1962)
- The dynamical theory of X-ray diffraction . In: Frederick Seitz , David Turnbull (eds.): Solid State Physics . Advances in Research and Applications. tape 15 . Academic Press, New York 1963, pp. 53-220 , doi : 10.1016 / S0081-1947 (08) 60592-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Aaron Klug - Biographical. Nobelprize.org, accessed April 8, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | James, Reginald William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1964 |
| Place of death | Cape Town |